Comments on: Gagne update, and Lombardi in Floridahttp://lakingsinsider.com/2012/03/13/gagne-update-and-lombardi-in-florida/
In-depth coverage of the Los Angeles Kings.Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:56:27 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1By: Jim S.http://lakingsinsider.com/2012/03/13/gagne-update-and-lombardi-in-florida/#comment-1218921
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:11:17 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=21558#comment-1218921Truer words were never spoken. This team HAS to rise to the occasion & deal with the expectations of being a GOOD team so that they can take the next step. Their time is now! DL has spent draft picks & prospects to get the team the forwards that they haven’t developed through drafting. I don’t understand why anybody would complain about that. Penner, Carter, & Richards for Teubert, Schenn, Simmonds, Johnson, & picks. Yeah, it would be nice if they scored more goals, but I will not dump on the GM for trying. IMO, DL has stayed true to his plan. The Kings are a much better & competitive team & yes, this has been a season of growing pains. This is the season that I have expected & I believe that the team WILL make the playoffs. Anyways, I’ll keep rooting for the team & I think that DL should stay for as long as he has it in him. I admire the job that he’s done, period.
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Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:42:01 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=21558#comment-1218386@Deke’r,

OK. He’s gonna come here. Have it your way. Oh, by the way, there was an article on puckdaddy that linked to an article from Minnesota where his dad was saying how he loves his home (Minn) and that for him it’s Not about the money.
Also the Rangers are rumored to be interested. Detroit also.
Hate to ruin the party, but as it stands, the Rangers and RedWings are closer to winning a cup than the Kings.
And Zach loves to play the game (as per his father). How much fun then to come to the team that is now No. 29 offensively.

But again, he’s coming here if you wish.

]]>By: Dominickhttp://lakingsinsider.com/2012/03/13/gagne-update-and-lombardi-in-florida/#comment-1218143
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:01:00 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=21558#comment-1218143@MindGeyser, Their are plenty of criticisms. The emphasis on his drafting choices, his reluctance to use small speedy wingers as scorers, and use muckers and grinders instead. His choice on defense first coaches over a balanced system.

He’s never fixed the left wing problem in 6 years (attempting doesn’t mean it got donen and Smyth didn’t make up for losing Cammi, or Frolov in consecutive years. Brown is a natural right winger). I could go on, and on, but point is, there are reasons.

There are plenty of reasons to keep him, but there are equal reasons he could be let go also.

]]>By: Kings Fan in Vancouverhttp://lakingsinsider.com/2012/03/13/gagne-update-and-lombardi-in-florida/#comment-1217952
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:30:16 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=21558#comment-1217952@Keith, My thinking is that if ownership is on top of things, Lombardi will go this summer regardless. Too many screw-ups. Really, it wasn’t that long ago that he let Camalleri walk after a petty contract dispute. Matt Moulson, Teddy Purcell, Brad Stuart, Kyle Quincey, etc. guys now making a difference on their teams. In some respects, it comes down to simple math: Richards, 1 goal since Christmas; Simmonds and Schenn, over 20. If the Kings don’t make the playoffs, and I hate to be pessimistic, but I don’t think they will, let’s think back to all those one-goal games in which we lost with Richards in the line-up. The Carter acquisition. Thumbs up, but maybe more of an impact next season. Too little, too late for this season. The coup d’grace for Lombardi’s demise: a horse farmer from Alberta named Sutter. Has his record thus far been really been an improvement over Murray’s? I agree a change was needed. But why Darryl Sutter?
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Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:24:52 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=21558#comment-1217943@MindGeyser,

Yes about Voynov, but still unfortunately disagree on the overall point. You can name Westgarth, Nolan and King and Lewis. But take a look at the rosters of the seven or eight best teams in the nhl. These players are simply not at this point at that elite level. We all want to see our players (often) as better than they are.

Also what you say about development. Who’s responsibility is that? It’s the president and architect of the team and thats the GM.
And as for Voynov, with all the players he traded away to get draft picks (we had more than any other team) he had better have at the very least come up with a Voynov in the mix. Otherwise it would have been sad.

No, I get where you’re coming from. No offense to you my man, but this is something that’s happening more and more on this site. People ‘reconstruct’ what I’ve said. I said ‘there are times when they get very ‘scrambly’.’
That’s not the same thing as being ‘suspect’. It’s Very different. They Do get scrambly. If you watch the beginning of the Chicago game, they were a little bit furmished. Chicago didn’t score and the Kings came back on an outnumbered attack and scored, but it easily could’ve been 1-0 Chicago at that point.

So, it’s a mixture of things. Also the fact that TM had they playing so incredibly conservative. Forwards always peeling back. But that isn’t my idea in and of itself of a great defense. But I do agree that the stats are good. So it’s neither one nor the other as I see it.

]]>By: Lake Foresthttp://lakingsinsider.com/2012/03/13/gagne-update-and-lombardi-in-florida/#comment-1217928
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:16:17 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=21558#comment-1217928@Deke’r, oh I’m not asking for it. Just to be clear I hope he takes care of himself and work comes second.

Just saying it would be nice

]]>By: Duncanzhttp://lakingsinsider.com/2012/03/13/gagne-update-and-lombardi-in-florida/#comment-1217876
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:42:53 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=21558#comment-1217876@Kenny44, I caught that.
Even if he just misspoke, that’s a negative.
On the other hand, some of the medication they give you is quite potent.
If he really did go on a ‘trip’ overnight, his mistake might’ve been part of the hangover!
]]>By: MindGeyserhttp://lakingsinsider.com/2012/03/13/gagne-update-and-lombardi-in-florida/#comment-1217868
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:37:33 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=21558#comment-1217868@Jeff_R, I hope not, but people have short memories, and tend to over react when expectations aren’t met, even if everyone who was supposed to improve the team from last year got concussed. People sometimes want moves for the sake of making moves. I don’t think that’s what should happen here, but it happens all the time.
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Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:35:29 +0000http://lakingsinsider.com/?p=21558#comment-1217865@number 6, I would add Voynov. Drafting is only half the story. He has developed these players quite well all things considered. Nolan, King, Voynov, Martinez, Westgarth, Simmonds, and Lewis are the kind of players that can be made or broken by the quality of the development system. Williams, Greene, Scuderi, and Mitchell are the kinds of stable non-flashy acquisitions that turn pretenders into contenders. Schenn and Johnson are the type of players that can net you in-their-prime players instead of not having the trade currency to be in the running year after year, as what happened before DL.

DL isn’t perfect, but look at the total picture before making your assessment. Top D with only one high salary, top goaltending with no high salaries, and top talent at forward at mostly reasonable salaries with room to grow. And the core of the team is still 27 and under.